South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The chief
executive officer is responsible for the maintenance of a voters roll for the
area.
(2) Subject to this
section, the voters roll must set out in relation to each person, body
corporate or group enrolled—
(a) the
full name of the person, body corporate or group; and
(b) in
the case of a natural person—the address of the person's place of
residence; and
(c) the
address of the place of residence or rateable property (as the case may be) by
virtue of which the person, body corporate or group is entitled to be
enrolled; and
(d) at
the option of the person, body corporate or group—an additional address
nominated by the person, body corporate or group (in a manner and form
determined by the chief executive officer) for the service of postal voting
papers under Part 9; and
(e) any
prescribed particulars.
(3) If the chief
executive officer is satisfied that the inclusion on the voters roll of the
address of the place of residence of a person or the address of a place of
residence or rateable property (as the case may be) by virtue of which a
person is entitled to be enrolled would place at risk the personal safety of
that person, a member of that person's family or any other person, the chief
executive officer may suppress the address from the voters roll.
(4) If the chief
executive officer is satisfied that the address of the place of residence of a
person entitled to be enrolled to vote is suppressed from a roll under the
Electoral Act 1985 , the chief executive officer must also suppress that
address from the voters roll.
(5) If an area is
divided into wards, the voters roll must differentiate the electors enrolled
on the roll according to the wards in respect of which they are entitled to
vote.
(6) The voters roll
must be maintained in a form that allows for the roll to be brought into an
up-to-date form (including by the merger of enrolment information for the
House of Assembly) within three weeks after the supply of relevant information
by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection (10).
(7) The voters roll
must be brought up-to-date whenever an election or poll is to be held so as to
reflect entitlements as they exist—
(a) in
the case of a periodic election—on a day fixed by the returning officer
for the close of the roll;
(b) in
the case of any other election, or a poll—on a day fixed for the close
of the roll by the proclamation or notice fixing polling day for the election
or poll.
(8) A day that falls
within the ambit of subsection (7) will be the
"closing date" for the roll.
(9) The closing date
must not be less than—
(a) in
the case of the closing date under subsection (7)(a)—13 weeks
before polling day for the relevant election;
(b) in
the case of the closing date under subsection (7)(b)—8 weeks before
polling day for the relevant election or poll.
(10) The Electoral
Commissioner must, within seven days after a closing date, supply the chief
executive officer with a list of the persons who are, as at the closing date,
enrolled as electors for the House of Assembly in respect of a place of
residence within the area.
• A list may be
supplied in electronic form, or in another manner agreed between the Electoral
Commissioner and the chief executive officer.
(11) If the area of a
council is divided into wards, the list supplied under subsection (10)
must differentiate the electors according to the wards in relation to which
they are enrolled.
(12) The Electoral
Commissioner is entitled to recover as a debt from a council a fee of an
amount determined by the Electoral Commissioner for the supply of a list under
this section.
(13) The voters roll
must be brought up-to-date in accordance with the requirements of
subsection (7) within four weeks after the relevant closing date.
• A voters roll
will be taken to have been brought up-to-date when copies of the roll are
available for public inspection and purchase under this section.
(14) A council must
ensure that copies of the roll are available for inspection (without charge)
by the public at the principal office of the council.
(15) A person is
entitled, on payment of a fee fixed by the council, to a copy of the roll in
printed form.
(16) The chief
executive officer must supply the returning officer with sufficient copies of
the voters roll, certified by the chief executive officer, for use at an
election or poll.
(17) The chief
executive officer is not responsible to check the accuracy of a list supplied
by the Electoral Commissioner under this section and is entitled to assume
that such a list is accurate.
(18) The validity of a
voters roll is not affected by a misdescription or other error in the roll.
(19) A voters roll is
conclusive evidence of the entitlement of a person, body corporate or group
whose name appears in the roll as an elector to vote at an election or poll at
which the roll is used. 1
Note—
1 Part 5 is also relevant to determining
entitlements to vote.